Show HN: Ovni.fm, music selected by robots using upvotes

#1

Post by phaser » Tue, Jul 01, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

Show HN: Ovni.fm, music selected by robots using upvotes
ovni.fm

Re: Show HN: Ovni.fm, music selected by robots using upvotes

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Post by dom96 » Tue, Jul 01, 2014, 10:59 PM UTC

I am liking the music that I am currently listening to but apart from that I don't really understand how this music is selected. "By robots using upvotes" doesn't explain it very well.

It would also be nice to see some volume controls.

Re: Show HN: Ovni.fm, music selected by robots using upvotes

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Post by jstnn » Tue, Jul 01, 2014, 11:06 PM UTC

it appears that people curate the pools of music, but the playlists are created by robots

Re: Show HN: Ovni.fm, music selected by robots using upvotes

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Post by chunkstuntman » Tue, Jul 01, 2014, 11:06 PM UTC

I like the general idea, but when I switch from one radio to the next, the audio seems to continue playing so I hear multiple stations at once.

Re: Show HN: Ovni.fm, music selected by robots using upvotes

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Post by phaser » Tue, Jul 01, 2014, 11:07 PM UTC

dom96 wrote: post #2

I am liking the music that I am currently listening to but apart from that I don't really understand how this music is selected. "By robots using upvotes" doesn't explain it very well. It would also be nice to see some volume controls.

On broad terms, music that is more "upvoted" tends to be selected by the "DJ" more often, but we use a trend predection algorythm to weight the selection.

Those are not the only criteria for selection, but its the most decisive. We assign "points" to the different criteria and then rank the next best song according to that index.